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20 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90L.A. WeeklyScott FoundasL.A. WeeklyScott FoundasRazor sharp and funny as hell, Incident at Loch Ness is the harpoon hurled into the hot-air balloon of “reality” entertainment.
- 75New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoCan be taken as a parable about cinema art vs. commerce. If that's too much to think about, just enjoy the off-beat humor.
- 70VarietyVarietyConstructed Chinese-box style as a series of films within films, with a faked one about the Loch Ness monster at the center, "Incident" will have maximum impact for the first auds to catch it before its sly central joke gets out.
- 70Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranAn amusing mock documentary that spends considerable energy artfully trying to make you believe it's real as real can be. The movie is transparently a fake, but its counterfeit nature is the heart of its charm.
- 60TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxIt's actually a clever commentary on documentary filmmaking, an pretty good monster movie to boot.
- 58Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanIncident at Loch Ness, unfortunately, is a riddle wrapped in a hoax stuffed inside a crock.
- 50Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonVillage VoiceMichael AtkinsonThe film slowly sheds its convincing identity as nonfiction and becomes a cruel parody of making-of docs, studio-movie pandering, and showbiz egomania.
- 50Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittStarts cleverly but becomes more preposterous as it goes along.
- 50New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsHerzog, who deadpans his way through the high jinks, is the best thing about the movie, but even he gets wearisome before Nessie has sunk the boat.